Marvin

[quote name='parker_muse' post='904213' date='Jul 24 2010, 06:26 PM']Sarah, that's lovely![/quote] Yep, it was. Tastefully backlit as well.

After having a lesson on Tuesday, my strap length has gone a little higher so I now also play with the bass in the same position sat down or stood up. Also, the tutor pointed out my fingering on my fretting hand was not all it could be. Unfortunately changing is proving a little difficult and I can only play for about 15mins at a go at the moment as it stretches my fingers a lot (old habits die hard). There is no way I could get a decent technique with a low strap. Overall then a pointless thread.

[quote name='SteveK' post='903626' date='Jul 23 2010, 10:19 PM']Just occasionally, visiting BC is a rather depressing experience![/quote] I wouldn't go to off topic then. And your right unfortunately, sometimes it seems to have as my mum would say 'a funny five minutes' (although I'm sure lots of other people say that as well, I'm not saying she coined or anything).

[quote name='arsenic' post='901951' date='Jul 22 2010, 02:21 PM'][s]Nice[/s] wrong choice of hardware there.....[/quote] Fixed

Not for me that one. I'm not too far from Mansons either and I've got to say I've never been in there. I've checked out the prices online and had to go and sit down with a cuppa.

It's definitely coming from the body, and I think Clarky is right, it may even be something in the battery compartment. TBH I think I'm probably the only one who notices it I've checked for bees and none were found SP thanks for the suggestion.

Just got home, and no it can't be the truss rod, your right it must be a spring or other small part in the body as that's where it's coming from. TBH it's barely audible and it's just me wanting everything perfect. New rule, don't play acoustically at 11pm when you can hear a pin drop Thanks mate, put my mind to rest. Cheers

Thanks Clarky. I stuck my ear to the back of the bass last night and it could be emanating from the pick-up springs, I lowered the bridge pick-up recently and I suppose it may be a case that it's buzzing sympathetically. I don't think it's the bridge but I couldn't say for sure. I was worried it might be the truss rod but I'm probably getting into one of my nervous flaps.

I noticed last night, after unplugging my bass and playing acoustically, that when I pluck the strings I'm getting a, albeit [u]very[/u] quite, buzz. I put my ear to the body of my bass and it sounds like the strings are making something resonate, but I can't work out what. It does it on open and fretted notes and definitely isn't fret buzz. It doesn't seem to be getting picked up when playing through an amp.

[quote name='Doddy' post='901436' date='Jul 21 2010, 11:02 PM']Not a fan then? You may not like Caron's music,but for my money he has possibly the best slap technique anywhere.[/quote] If I remember rightly, which is rare, I think silddx referred to the thought of listening to Mr Caron's music made his penis shrivel. So probably not a fan.

Hmmm, well I spent this evening putting in some practice, not all slap, and it sort comes in fits and bursts - sort of 4 notes followed by pregnant pause then f@ck up. I say 4 notes, but 2 are dead, bit like me, in fact most of the time all the 'notes' I think I deadened them. Sure is going to take some practice.

[quote name='oldslapper' post='901197' date='Jul 21 2010, 07:24 PM']Marvin, you could also look at Alexis Sclarevski and Stu Hamm Slap bass DVD's (probably on you tube), if you want to just check out some (IMHO) of the 2 best instructional videos. There's no substitute for 1:1 with your tutor of course, but to supplement dipping your toe in the slap bass pond (often murky) you could do worse. John[/quote] Supplementing, between lessons would do no harm. As long as I remember not to get too distracted, as I can do. Cheers.

[quote name='Stingray5' post='901174' date='Jul 21 2010, 07:01 PM']Marvin, there are also 19 pages (and counting...) in the Funk and Groove thread with many examples of some fine slappy stuff. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=70165"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=70165[/url][/quote] Ah, yes of course, I'll check it out as soon as I've come out of the dunces corner. Thanks

Excuse me as I go and sit in the corner for being stupid. I've been around the forum for long enough to know who slaps, their names are regular features, dear o dear. Thanks for the names and the you tube link.

Mark King and Flea aside, I don't really know any slappers. I had a lesson last night and my teacher, to break the lesson up, introduced a bit of slap as I said I'd never tried. Although I didn't do very well it's something I'll keep having a go at as I quite enjoyed it. So who are the well known slappers, just so I can listen and watch maybe.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='900289' date='Jul 20 2010, 05:36 PM']I might be tempted to play it like this using index finger only [font="Courier New"] |------------------------2-------------- |----------------------2---2------------ |---------------0--2-------------------- |---------------------------------------- [/font] It would depend partly on where I was coming from and going to.[/quote] Like the thinking there, and is probably what I would do to avoid finger knitting. But as you say, depends on where you come from and where you are going. And then of course you'll get the variance in tone argument.

My action is probably quite high. However, I borrowed a bass last year and the action was so high the previous owner must have been William Tell and he used it to take pot shots at apples. It was near impossible to play.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='899552' date='Jul 19 2010, 10:53 PM']Maybe one of the mods is currently going through gender reassignment surgery and it was a bit too close to the bone. No pun intended.[/quote] Sniggers some more.

[quote name='Clarky' post='899505' date='Jul 19 2010, 10:23 PM']Perfectly harmless, valid discussion point and no antagonism. Looks strange that it was closed???[/quote] I thought it odd as well. Did someones finger inadvertently slip causing a mistaken deletion?

[quote name='bubinga5' post='899410' date='Jul 19 2010, 08:58 PM']...when you say myth do you mean the one about Marvin pulling him out of a bar a he was pie eyed?[/quote] I did no such thing! I recently bought a Motown comp and his lines and playing are just it. I always thought he was up there, but when you listen he just takes the music somewhere else. Just for an ounce of his talent I'd.....well I don't know really but I would. I also liked Babbit as well.

In a similar vein, one standard tuning the other drop tuned. It's looks unprofessional to change tuning during a set.

Should I cancel the lesson I've just arranged for Tuesday evening with a tutor? He was saying that he goes through all that theory stuff, but if it's all a load of codswallop then perhaps I shouldn't bother.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='898350' date='Jul 18 2010, 08:24 PM']Yes, I believe, as a rule, in C, the augmented 5th would be G# and, as my son said to me only the other day, 'augmented 5ths are awesome'. [/quote] I was thinking more anodyne or mix-amitosis or whatever they are

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='898334' date='Jul 18 2010, 07:55 PM']Wouldn't it be better to say that certain scales in certain keys have certain notes? Not certain notes but [i]any[/i] of the twelve notes occurs in any and every key and the note would then be named as an interval in relation to the key note e.g. in the key of C, Db would be a minor second, D would be major second, Eb would minor third, etc., up to B would be major seventh. So certain keys don't have certain notes, all keys have all the notes. Or am I getting it wrong and I need to learn more theory? Edited for inability to follow rules of spelling.[/quote] Is that when you start calling them those funny other names, when you start knoblin' about with minor 2nds and augmented 5ths? All though I think I might be wrong.

Thanks for your posts ET and Bloodaxe. I've played around a bit and, yes you guessed it my strap is back up where it was, the thread title may look a little silly now However I also looked at the angle of the neck and adjusted the position of the body in relation to my body slightly and I think I may have found a comfortable position that hopefully will see me make some improvements in my playing. I've also got to stop practising sat on the sofa, it's not good.